GivingOpinions&Agreeing/

Disagreeing
Opiniongambits:
Inmyopinion,... Iwould
say...
Personally,Ifeel... Theway
Iseeitis...
Agreementgambits:
Absolutely! Exactly!
Icouldn'tagreemore.
Iagreewithyoucompletely.
Iwouldagreewithyourpointofview.
That'showIseeittoo.
Icouldn'thavesaiditbettermyself.
Disagreementgambits:
Idon'tquiteagree.
Idon'tseeitthatway.
That'snothowIseeit.
Iwoulddisagreewiththat.
Icouldn'tdisagreewithyoumore.
Iseeyourpoint,but...
Iunderstandhowyoumightseeitthat
way,but...
Practice: Makestatementsinwhichyougiveyour
opiniononthefollowingtopics. Yourpartner(s)will
agreeordisagreewithyou. Followupwithareason
foryouragreementordisagreement. Thenswitch
roles.
Example: A. Inmyopinion,GeorgeW.
Bushisagreatpresident.
B.Sorry,butIcouldn'tdisagree
more. InMYopinion,...
A) 1. Bestcuisine
2. Mostlucrativeprofession
3. Countrywiththebestsoccer
team
4. Mostpressingenvironmental
problemintheworld
5. MostimportantAmerican
presidentinrecenthistory
B) 1. Bestbeerorwine
2. Mostrespectedprofession
3. Bestpro-baseballorpro-
basketballteam
4. Mostpressingpublichealth
issueintheworld
5. Mostimportantscientific
figureinhistory